Background

Ms. Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at The Rock Creek Group, LP. Ms. Beschloss served as a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group LP. She joined Carlyle Group LP in 2001. Prior to that, Ms. Beschloss served as the Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer at the World Bank Group. In this role, she was responsible for managing $65 billion in assets and a $30 billion funding strategy, as well as $160 billion in derivatives ... and structured products. Ms. Beschloss was also instrumental in developing a $3 billion portfolio of alternative investment funds and private equity strategies. She served at the World Bank Group as a Senior Manager of the Derivatives and Structured Products Group, and Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager. Ms. Beschloss also led the National Gas Development Group and the Energy Sector Management Program. Before that, Ms. Beschloss was employed at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Shell International Ltd. She has been a Director of Public Broadcasting Service since 2012. Ms. Beschloss serves as a Director of World Resource Institute. She serves as Trustee of The Shakespeare Theatre Company. She serves as a Trustee of the Ford Foundation, Sesame Workshop, and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ms. Beschloss served as a Director of Temple-Inland, Inc. from 2002 to May 2, 2008. She served as a Director of AMB Property Corporation (AMB Property Corp). from August 2005 to July 31, 2007. Ms. Beschloss advises international pension funds and central banks and has written a number of journal articles and books. She taught international trade at Oxford University. Ms. Beschloss received an M.Phil. with Honors in Economics from Oxford University.

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